Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Jakarta (Djakarta News – JakartaGlobe) - The Jakarta City Council has expressed its frustration with the central government for its failure to issue a regulation that will allow the implementation of the Electronic Road Pricing scheme in the capital.

Speaking on behalf of the council, deputy speaker Triwisaksana said on Wednesday that all the mechanisms and plans were in place, but nothing could move forward without the regulation.

“If the central government is so keen to see traffic eased in Jakarta, I dare them to bring this ERP scheme into fruition by January 2012,” Triwisaksana said. “ERP must be able to be implemented early next year. The people are becoming apathetic to the scheme itself because it has taken way too long for it to be realized.”

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If the road pricing scheme pushes through, Jakarta motorists may find themselves paying up to Rp 21,000 ($2.40) every time they travel through large parts of the city.

To implement the scheme, the office is proposing three electronic toll gates be installed on each stretch of road where the ERP would be implemented. They would process and automatically deduct fees from motorists’ accounts via the on-board car device.

The ERP scheme is hoped to replace the current three-in-one system that is made redundant by the abundance of illegal jockeys